The rainforest has many species of animals and plants of almost every family besides marine life. The rainforest can provide jobs food and water. Rain is very common in the rainforest because of its high humidity rate. Rainforests have a humidity rate of 77% to 88% all year long. The rain forest is an environment that is rainy and humid. The rain forest only has one season because it’s weather and temperature never change. The temperature never changes because of the high humidity rate and
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The Yasuni National Park is a nature preserve in the country of Ecuador that houses a section of the Amazon rainforest (Cite). It is about 3‚793 square miles large and is one of the most biodiverse locations in the world. It is home to hundreds of different species of birds‚ reptiles‚ amphibians‚ and many other types of animals‚ hundreds of thousands of diverse plant species‚ and multiple tribes living in voluntary isolation. It is also estimated that there are more tree‚ shrub and liana species
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Quinn Grimsley Dr. Hrubry Ant 100 6 November 2014 Rainforest vs. Artic Many cultures around the world have similarities and differences. One must research cultures from multiple areas of the world to fully understand this. For instance‚ the Mbuti people of the rainforest and the artic Intuit people may be more alike or different than one would think. From religion‚ to hunting‚ and gathering resources to labor‚ the two cultures I have researched have many similarities and differences. Firstly
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Richard Prices’ Rainforest Warriors is an ethnography that is incredibly interesting; its contents discuss the history‚ politics‚ and overall well being of the Saramaccan people of the South American nation of Suriname. Suriname‚ being first colonized by English and Dutch settlers‚ was a nation used for the establishment of sugar and timber plantations for direct export to Europe. The first three chapters are fascinating to say the least‚ as they detail the history of runaway African slaves who made
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We are killing the rainforest!! Is this a fact or only a media hype? The rainforest and ecological role has been a controversial topic for decades. The ‘green people’ advocate that we are killing the world by reducing the rainforest. The capitalists on the other hand claim that it is an exaggeration and we are only utilizing the natural resources for our own benefits. Let us look at the location of the Amazon rainforest. Brazil has about 40% of the rainforest within its boundaries and the other
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Ecological Succession in Tropical Rainforest and Tropical Grassland1 Rica Rafaela Y. Jarcia Group 2 Sec. W-4L September 12‚ 2013 1A scientific paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements in Bio 150 (Principles of Ecology) laboratory under Mr. Joseph G. Campang‚ 1st sem.‚ 2013-2014 ABSTRACT Ecological succession can be described as the change in the structure of a community. This succession is relative to the dominant species in the community
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TMA 04 Rainforests have been declining rapidly over the last few decades. There are various factors responsible for this decline‚ resulting in serious impacts on the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it. Deforestation refers to the destruction of large areas of natural forests resulting in serious irreversible damage. Forests are crucial factors to our existence and because of the time it takes to replace harvested trees‚ they must
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complete community of living organisms and the only nonliving materials of their sorroundings . The Amazon Rainforest is found in South America‚ spanning across Brazil and Bolivia. It covers much of the northwestern Brasil and it is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It’s crisscrossed with thousands of rivers. The Amazon represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests. It covering over five and a half a million square kilometres (1.4 billion acres. An abiotic factor
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The Native Amazonians should be able to use the Rainforest however they want to. They have lived in the Rainforest for about 12‚000 years now. How would you feel if someone came to your house and say that you can’t live there anymore? That’s exactly how they feel. They know how to hunt and fish to feed their families. Native Amazonians also know which plants and crops that they can grow in the rainforest to be able to survive. Native Amazonians should be able to continue their way of life and
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Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest and development in the rest of Brazil had led to many conflicting interests in the Amazon region. This is a global issue and can affect many lives e.g by global warming and other factors. The Brazilian rainforest is being used for natural resources‚ which is in great demand. This leads to deforestation (clearance of forest land). The rainforest is so important to people because without it there would be loss of wildlife‚ loss of medicine‚ soil erosion‚ decrease
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